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Frequently Asked Questions

Displaying a file's associated icon.

Question:

How do I display the icon that is associated with a given file type?

Answer:

Use the ShellApi function ExtractAssociatedIcon() to retrieve the
icon that is associated with the file.

Example:

uses ShellApi;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  Icon : hIcon;
  IconIndex : word;

begin
 Icon := ExtractAssociatedIcon(HInstance,
                               'C:\SomePath\SomeFile.ext',
                               IconIndex);
 DrawIcon(Form1.Canvas.Handle, 10, 10, Icon);
end;

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